I was pleased to see Lola’s supporting local beers by having great happy hour specials for Bold City. $2.47 for a Killer Whale pint? Fantastic. I feel that one of the true tests of any Mexican-type restaurant is it’s queso, so we started out with it.

Always a good sign when the queso comes out warm. I hate cold queso. I really liked the consistency as well – thick with a little kick of spice. All too often queso is served too hot & too runny. This was not the case.

After combing through the extensive menu of tacos, quesadillas, burritos, empanadas & other traditional entrees, I decided that a carnitas taco was necessary. Now here’s where the visit went bad: when ordering, I asked our waiter about the sauce that came on the taco. Instead of providing a frame of reference (“Oh, its like _____ sauce”), he offered to get me some. Because I found that to be unnecessary during the ordering experience, I declined. Unfortunately, he was unable to describe the sauce to me because he had no idea what it was. I asked if it was comparable to an enchilada sauce & he enthusiastically confirmed.

Does that look like enchilada sauce to you? Yeah. It didn’t taste like it either. Was it bad? No, not at all, but it wasn’t what I was expecting due to the server’s misrepresentation. Unfortunately, he didn’t know his product & that’s a problem.